Purpose: The cost of darbepoetin alfa versus that of epoetin alfa in a hospital setting was studied. Methods: The study was an observational, retrospective review of the hospitalwide use of ...

We did not control for this potential confounder, since our focus was on hospitalwide use of darbepoetin and epoetin, regardless of the clinical outcomes directly related to their use. Another ...

To better market the drug, Amgen allegedly overfilled vials of Aranesp, thereby providing doctors with free amounts of the drug to give patients and then charge to Medicare, Medicaid or private ...